"Serket this is bullshit. Why da fuck does you nerd meetin gotta be in mah Hive?" Meenah grumbled.
Aranea crossed her arms and tapped her foot in irritation. "Meenah, we have been over this. Your Hive is the largest out of everybody's. If I'm going to gather such a large group together then I need to have a large acquired space for them to feel comfortable in."
"Why can't they jus chill outside or somefin?" Meenah complained.
"Because they need a place to stay!" Aranea exclaimed. "Look, it'll be fine. I promise they won't mess around with anything, okay?"
Meenah growled, flashing her fins, then stomped off inside her Hive. Aranea shakes her head
head, and continues to wait for her guests to arrive. She waits a good thirty minutes before she sees a few people materialize a few blocks away from Meenah's hive, their arms filled with bags and suitcases. Aranea smiles when she sees Karkat walk up to her.
"Hello there Karkat! Welcome!" Aranea cheerfully exclaims. She holds her hand out. Karkat grumbles and shakes it.
"Yeah, thanks. So what the fuck did you wanna talk to everyone about?" He asks.
"Oh yes! I'll get to that once everyone get's settled in." she says.
"Aright, whatever. Do I just walk in or what?" he asks.
"Yep! Meenah should be in there to help you. Or tell you to leave. Either way just make yourself at home!" she says.
Once Karkat started walking towards the entrance of Meenah's Hive, tons more people started pouring in. Most of the trolls, the dancesters, and all of the kids managed to make it. Aranea greeted them all, and followed them inside once the last person entered the large palace. Once she was inside, she glanced at everyone standing in the lobby. Some of them where chatting with each other, and some where looking at Meenah's enormous gold statue of herself. All of them had bags of clothes with them. She couldn't see Meenah though. She just shrugged it off and decided she was sulking somewhere.
"Excuse me, but can I have everyone's attention please?" Aranea called out to the crowd. Everyone started to go silent and looked at her. She smiled at them.
"Okay, I know that it may seem a bit confusing that you're all here, but I can assure you that it'll be worth it when I tell you what I've discovered. But for now I would like everyone to direct themselves up these stairs, and once you go up there, there will be multiple rooms that you and or other people will be staying in for the next couple of nights." She says. The juggalo trolls honked their horns a couple times, and then everyone started making their way up the stairs.
"Ooh gosh this is sooo exciting! It's going to be fun having the entire group here! Don't you think Kurloz?" Meulin asked her matesprit. Kurloz put his suit case covered in dark carnival clowns on the human bed (Meenah decided to get a bunch of beds when Roxy had introduced her to them. She thought they where soft like the ocean floor), and turned to smile at Meulin. He sign languaged to her that, yes, it was exciting. He opened his suitcase and placed his favorite hatchet out on the bed. Meulin frowned.
"Aww you brought the hatchet? I still don't think it's a good idea that you brought it. It seems reeeeaaally dangerous." She moans. Kurloz smiled at her, the thread around is mouth stretching, and he sign languaged to her that it was for defense only. And that also because it looked cool.
John Egbert rubbed his head, ad looked around the room he was put in. There were pictures of fish and Her Imperious Condescension all over it, and he was sure that the other rooms where like that too. The walls had fuchsia and black colors all over it, and the scent of salt was incredible in here. He put his Ghostbusters hand bag on the bed and opened it. He grabbed his favorite bunny and placed it on the bed by the pillows. He smiled goofily and jumped on the bed next to the bunny. He new that Vriska was still on her way up the stairs, and like a good boyfriend, he waited for her to arrive.
Tavros wheeled his way inside his room. He looked around, and then he looked down at his lap; unsure of what to do next.
Horruss and his matesprit Rufio got settled in. Rufio had brought his lusus as well. He loved his lusus and couldn't ever think of leaving him behind anywhere. The small Tinkerbull flew around the room and settled on one of the pillows on the bed. Looking at Rufio's lusus all cozy and happy, he started regretting not bringing his favorite horse.
"Kanaya, why did you bring your sewing machine?" Rose asked when she saw Kanaya carefully place her sewing machine on a solid gold desk next to the bed.
"I wanted to finish that small outfit while we waited for Aranea to set up dinner." She says. She then placed the small soft fabric next to the sewing machine. Rose sighed.
"You know you could've put more clothes in your case if you left that at home right?" Rose pointed out.
"It isn't like I needed that many clothes. We will only be here for three days tops." Kanaya inquired. Rose sighed again.
"I think you need to be a little more patient, love. It's not like a baby will be idly strolling into our life out of nowhere. Besides, Aranea had said to bring as much supplies as we could fit in a briefcase." Rose says. Kanaya rests her hands in her lap by the desk.
"I'm aware of that. But it's always a good idea to be prepared." She mumbled.
Rose lightly smiles, and walks to Kanaya. She places a kiss on her forehead.
"I think you're just a little excited. Now c'mon, let's finish unpacking. Aranea will be announcing us to dinner soon."
Aranea walked around the large oval shaped table made out of shells, and helped everyone get seated. The room they where in was enormous and the table they where sitting at stretched at least 30 feet long. Once everyone was seated, Aranea sat at the end of the table and waited until everyone was silent.
"Okay everyone. So as you know I have some incredibly important news. You see, this universe we live in is growing smaller and smaller due to over population and much destruction caused by meteors over the sweeps and years. This universe has a 50/40 chance of collapsing in on itself, and thus turning this universe into a place that we will have trouble living in." She explains.
Some people gasped, others wore distraught faces, and some knew this already so this just stayed unmoved.
"Yes, and because of these odds, it could mean that it will be darn near impossible to live here anymore. What with the salamander population, and other non specific populations growing and using up many resources. Eventually these resources will become extinct on almost all the planets that were not damaged by meteor showers-"
"Glub, does this gill talk a lot or what?" Meenah whispered to somebody.
"Meenah, you whispered that to me." Aranea said blankly.
"Oh. Well in mah defense you do talk a lot." She mumbles.
Aranea huffs in irritation, and continues talking.
"As I was saying, it's a big possibility that this universe will no longer be able to withstand life. But this is where the amazing part comes into play. You see, I managed to discover a passageway that leads to a brand new universe!" She exclaims.
"What? What the hell do you mean another universe?" Karkat questioned.
"I said 'a brand new universe', and I mean what I meant. A whole new universe, untouched by intelligent life. If this universe goes down the tubes then I have gathered through research that this universe could be a good alternative. In fact, I recommend it." She says.
"Bro, are you buying any of this?" Dave asks Dirk.
"I don't know little man. Aranea seems like a trustworthy gal. But it's a big stretch that this is real." He answers. His awesome pointy anime shades glinting.
"Holy motherfuckin shit. Dude, this is some crazy shit." Gamzee moaned.
"I know this seems crazy, but please trust me. I've done my homework on this thing. In fact, me and Horrus had actually built a device that will allow all of us to transport right to this passageway. I hope you all packed everything I told you, because I believe it would be extremely beneficial for us to live in this other universe from now on." She says.
There was a huge uproar of people yelling.
It was a sea of language containing sentences such as 'this is bullshit!', 'no way I'm doing that! I'm staying put!', 'where's the fucking dinner?, and so on. Aranea stood up out of her seat and tried talking above everyone else.
"Everyone! Everyone! Please settle down! I think this is what's best for us!" she exclaims.
Everyone was still shouting.
"Fuck you motherglubbers!" Meenah shouts, and throws her gold trident across the room. It just barley misses John.
"Meenah!" Aranea shouted.
"What? Fuck you mah Hive mah rules." She states. Aranea is already getting irritable with Meenah, but she did manage to silence everyone, so she just does her best to ignore her.
"Look, I know I'm asking a lot of everyone, but please try and understand. I want what's best for us and your loved ones. This could be the first step to building a utopia within this new universe. Please, just try and do this. I promise, this will work out for everyone's benefit." She begs.
"Waaaaiit a minute. So, like, omg girl, I don't understand. What if there's, like, cazy monsters in this universe? Like what if there's, like, vampires and stuff there?" Roxy slurs. She's already consumed much liquor that she brought from home.
"I highly doubt their would be vampires there, Roxy." Jake tells her.
"Wait, sooo there isn't any vampires there?" Roxy aks.
"No, Roxy. There's no vampires anywhere. Vampires don't exist silly!"
Both Kanaya and Porrim glare at him.
"Don't worry. I managed to do much research with my lusus helping me. She managed to crawl through the passageway and spent about 3 sweeps investigating it. She came back telling me that she managed to discover no intelligent life within the first ten planets. We would all be able to live on these planets while I and she do research on other planets to see what we can find." Aranea explains.
Some people sit in their chair and think, others glare at Aranea, and some just really want some fucking dinner. Jade whimpers and snuggles up against Dave. He wraps his arms around her. His face deadpan. Other couples quietly talk to each other about what choices they should make, and some talk to close friends about what the future would hold.
"Shit man, dis heiress be hungry as fuck." Meenah moans. Aranea glares at her.
"Yeah, uh, I could go for some dinner too. It, umm, might help a bit." Tavros quietly comments.
"I think we all could clear our heads better after we've eaten." Horruss smiles softly to everyone. Rose looks to Kanaya, and is surprised to see her face a sickly pale. Eridan looks like he's ready to zap a hole through someone.
"God damnit I don't believe this!" Karkat yells as he paces his room.
"Relax Karkles! Let's just talk about this calmly alright? Come lay down with me." Terezi asked. Karkat uffed in anger, and sat down on the bed.
"This is fucking bullshit. I didn't sign up for this shit. Why didn't she tell me from the beginning that she wanted us to move to a new fucking universe?" he growled. Terezi rubs his back.
"I'm sure she did it because she thought that nobody would show up if she told you." Terezi calmly explains. Karkat stares at the sheets, and then he buries his head in his hands.
"God fucking damnit." He growls.
"Hey, it'll be okay Karkles, I promise. Look our life here in this universe is kinda shitty anyway. Legislators just don't get paid like they used too. Maybe this is a new start for us. We'll have an entire universe to ourselves. Imagine all the shit we could do there." Terezi beams. Her sharp teeth flashing as she cackles. Karkat keeps staring at anything but her.
"Hey, look at me." She says.
She lightly grabs his chin and turns his head to look at her. She can't see him, but she can feel his eyes on her.
"It'll be okay. I'll make sure of it. I promise." Terezi says above a whisper. Karkat sighs, and she can smell him smile.
"I'll hold you to it." He mumbles, and kisses her.
Eridan taps his foot aggressively on the floor. He didn't know what to think of this. He was angry, but he also felt nervous. He knew that Aranea was right, but it was just such a huge step. A HUGE fucking step. Feferi walks through the door.
"Hey there you! Why the Glubby face?" Feferi asks cheerfully. Eridan glares at her.
" I…I don't know. I've got no fucking idea what to think." He admits. Feferi sits next to him.
"Just think that it'll be fun! It will be a knew way to discover a bunch of amazing things! Glub glub glub glub glub!" she chants.
"Say where the fuck where you after dinner?" Eridan asks her.
"Oh! I was helping Aranea try and see if my lusus could fit through the machine that Horruss built. She told everyone that she was going to set the machine up for us to leave tomorrow. Did you not hear that?" she asks curiously.
"No. I was to busy thinking fef." He grumbles.
"Ohh yeah. Sorry ahaha…" She awkwardly giggles.
"Yeah. Hey I think I'm just going to go for a quick walk around the Hive. Y'know, just to clear my head a bit." Eridan says.
"Oh. Okay. That's fine. I think I'll just jump in bed early. Hehe, I might see you when you get back, but if not then I love you!" she squeaks. Eridan flutters his fins with a blush. He then walks out of the room after a quick peck on the lips.
Feferi then decides to start settling into her bed. She removes all of her jewelry, and manages to scrub off some of her make up. This takes about twenty minutes, and then she crawls under the heavy covers of the bed. She closes her eyes and begins to settle into sleep.
And then she hears someone scream.
Phew! second chapter down. I tried my best to have as many characters get involved in this one. I know I missed some, but I couldn't figure out how to add their opinion and stuff. But here we go! The next chapter will be much better because that's when the murders begin. But like I said, the first couple of chapters in my fics are usually pretty slow. But hey how bout some review replys? :D
XenaTheAlienChick- Thank you very much! Dave's always fun to write. :D